I could be wrong, but they didn't fire the former coach, he left for Miami...
I thought you were referencing firing Dabo and rolling the dice on someone else. If he left for another job I would totally get that.
Must be a lazy article. If he said 8-4 it would it would be a great article.
In fairness 6-6 is certainly a fairly likely record, along with 7-5, 8-4, and 5-7. Id put the Gophers at at least 90% finishing in that range. If I had to bet today I would go 7-5 most likely, followed by 6-6, 8-4...
So guys that play 30 minutes and average 11pts and 6 boards their three final years in a program, plays 5 years, and is a key member of multiple NCAA tournament teams is a dime a dozen? Not sure I agree with that. Agree he is not a program changing type of player.
7 years is great, and hes made almost 14 Million dollars while still in his 20's...
Over a 40-year working career that's like making 350K a year. I'd say pretty successful.